knacker — İngilizce Sözlük

İsim

1. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   toymaker

   Örnekler

   Near-synonym: toymaker

2. One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand.

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   clapper

   Örnekler

   A Bachanalian dancing the Spanish Morisco, with knackers at his fingers.

3. A harnessmaker or saddlemaker; their place of business (e.g., saddlery).

   Kullanım

   • arkaik

   Örnekler

   Plow-wright , Cart-wright, Knacker and Smith

4. One who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides.

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   slaughtererslaughterman

   Örnekler

   Near-synonyms: slaughterer, slaughterman

   After a few years even the whip loses its virtue, and the pony goes to the knacker.

5. One who dismantles old ships, houses, etc. and sells their components.

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   salvagersalvorscrapperwreckerbreakershipbreakercar breaker

   Örnekler

   Near-synonyms: salvager, salvor; scrapper, wrecker, breaker; shipbreaker, car breaker

6. An itinerant person, especially one of Irish Traveller heritage.

   Kullanım

   • Ireland
   • Britanya kullanımı
   • ethnic
   • incitici
   • slur

7. A person of lower social class; a chav, skanger, or similar.

   Kullanım

   • Ireland
   • incitici
   • argo

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   dobberscobe

8. A testicle.

   Kullanım

   • Britanya kullanımı
   • in-plural
   • argo
   • kaba

   Örnekler

   Diğer örnekler (1)

   He looked like someone had put a 9mm full metal jacket round through his left scrotum. He even had his mouth open in some parody of a soundless scream, much as I imagined I would do if someone shot my left knacker off.

9. An old, worn-out horse.

   Örnekler

   Believe me, you can get an old knacker for cheap at the glue yard, but it won't carry you as far as a thoroughbred!

10. A collier's horse.

    Kullanım

    • Britanya kullanımı
    • dialectal
    • kullanımdan kalkmış

Fiil

1. To tire out, exhaust; to beat up and use up (something), leaving it worn out and damaged.

   Kullanım

   • Britanya kullanımı
   • argo
   • geçişli

   Örnekler

   Carrying that giant statue up those stairs completely knackered me.

   That table that I was going to put the statue on may not suffice, as it's completely knackered.

2. To reprimand.

   Kullanım

   • Britanya kullanımı
   • argo
   • geçişli

İsim

1. someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them

   Daha genel terimler

   wrecker

2. someone who buys up old horses for slaughter

   Daha genel terimler

   butcherslaughterer